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Alphabet Castle is an educational children's television program produced in the UK and created by Michael Cole. It began in September 1993 with a series of 27 episodes aired on CITV, and ran until December 1995. It had three main characters: King Alpha, Queen Bet, and Gobbledygook, an animated turkey. It starred Stephen Cannon and Joanne Campbell. Music was by Paul Reade.
A total of three series and 65 editions were produced by Michael Cole productions for Carlton Television. Like its near namesake, Alphabet Zoo , a decade earlier, each episode was dedicated to a letter of the alphabet (although this format was dropped for the final series); episodes were generally around 10 minutes in length, and were broadcast in CITV on Wednesday afternoons.
Series 1: 30 editions from 10 September 1993 to 28 March 1994
Series 2: 20 editions from 7 September 1994 to 1 February 1995
Series 3: 15 editions from 6 September to 13 December 1995
# | Title | Original air date | Summary | VHS |
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1 | A | 10 September 1993 | A look at the letter A | Alphabet Castle: A-M [1] |
2 | B | September 1993 | A look at the letter B | Alphabet Castle: A-M [2] |
3 | C | unknown | A look at the letter C | Alphabet Castle: A-M [3] |
4 | D | unknown | A look at the letter D | Alphabet Castle: A-M [4] |
5 | E | unknown | A look at the letter E | Alphabet Castle: A-M [5] |
6 | F | unknown | A look at the letter F | Alphabet Castle: A-M [6] |
7 | G | unknown | A look at the letter G | Alphabet Castle: A-M [7] |
8 | H | unknown | A look at the letter H | Alphabet Castle: A-M [8] |
9 | I | unknown | A look at the letter I | Alphabet Castle: A-M [9] |
10 | J | unknown | A look at the letter J | Alphabet Castle: A-M [10] |
11 | K | unknown | A look at the letter K | Alphabet Castle: A-M [11] |
12 | L | unknown | A look at the letter L | Alphabet Castle: A-M [12] |
13 | M | unknown | A look at the letter M | Alphabet Castle: A-M [13] |
14 | N | unknown | A look at the letter N | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [14] |
15 | O | unknown | A look at the letter O | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [15] |
16 | P | unknown | A look at the letter P | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [16] |
17 | Q | unknown | A look at the letter Q | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [17] |
18 | R | unknown | A look at the letter R | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [18] |
19 | S | unknown | A look at the letter S | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [19] |
20 | T | unknown | A look at the letter T | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [20] |
21 | U | unknown | A look at the letter U | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [21] |
22 | V | unknown | A look at the letter V | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [22] |
23 | W | unknown | A look at the letter W | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [23] |
24 | X | unknown | A look at the letter X | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [24] |
25 | Y | unknown | A look at the letter Y | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [25] |
26 | Z | 28 March 1994 | A look at the letter Z | Alphabet Castle: N-Z [26] |
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